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My uncle bought an electric car with a scheme from the manufacturer that the dealer lends him a petrol car 3 times a year for longer trips. He does Usk to Edinburgh 3 times a year to visit family and that's the only time that long charge times would be difficult for him. It would make it into a couple of days journey rather than one. The manufacturers know this and have schemes like a loan petrol vehicle in place for this reason. Most people are fine with the range capable now for 95%* of their journeys, but are put off buying due to their need for the other 5%* .
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I was watching a YT video on repairing a battery pack on a 3 year old Leaf. The battery looks quite serviceable.
https://youtu.be/Ws9Y1be8N-U Sent from my SM-T510 using Tapatalk
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The main thing that interests me about electric motorcycles is the torque. Many seem to have in excess of 200nm of torque! I love torque
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There were so many new EV vehicles promised last spring that I extended my lease by a year to see what happens. There are now vehicles I can afford and have the range, so that is no longer a problem for me. I hope to change next spring. I think a lot of people forget that on a long trip, you need pee stops and food stops - this is when you charge. A pee stop on the motorway will take 15 minutes or so, charge your car at that time and you get a useful boost in range. Food stop will be 45-60 minutes, which gives almost a full charge on most cars on a rapid charger. Ultra chargers such as Ionity / Gridserve /FastNED / Tesla Superchargers can charge to full in 30 minutes or less, depending on your car's capabilities. So you don't make fuel stops, you feed the car when you feed yourself - this means that 200 miles or so of range is sufficient even for long trips - at my age I cannot go 4 hours without a pit-stop! |
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You don't refill your petrol tank after every journey, so why would you top up your electric car if it has another 400 miles to empty? The worst case is that in 2030, I can't buy a new petrol car, but I can keep the one I have going. Surely that is an incentive for car manufacturers to produce something that is suitable for everyday use. One idea to combat the charging/range issue is to have a common interchangeable battery pack. So at service station, swap battery pack, go on merry way. There is a solution it just needs thinking about and setting a deadline gives the discussion and problem solving some momentum. Sent from an S20 using Tapatalk with that kin cr4p blocked
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for electric vehicles to work we are going to need charge on the go provided by contactless charging road infrastructure. otherwise battery (petrol) stations where you get a fully charged 'pack' swapped over. |
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I like the idea of going electric but we are hopeless at implementing infrastructure. There are people still struggling with broadband and the (rural) cellular network is patchy at best. I can imagine being low on charge in the middle of nowhere with one charging station, a queue of 12 cars waiting and it closes in 15 minutes (but I'm a cynic).
Might be a good time to invest in vehicle rescue services or a mobile charging station with a massive diesel generator j/k.
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